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octaginta

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Latin

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Latin numbers (edit)
800
 ←  70  ←  79 LXXX
80
81  →  90  → 
8
    Cardinal: octōgintā, octāgintā, octiginta
    Ordinal: octōgēsimus
    Adverbial: octōgiēns, octōgiēs
    Proportional: octōgecuplus
    Distributive: octōgēnus

Etymology

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Variant of octōgintā.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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octāgintā (indeclinable)

  1. eighty; 80
    • 1826, YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), An Edict of Diocletian, fixing a maximum of prices throughout the Roman empire, A.D. 303, page 24:
      ... De (Mul)leis et (G)allicis / (Gall)icae viriles rusticanae bisoles par * octaginta / (Gall)icae viriles monosoles par * quinquaginta ...
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Descendants

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of octante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.